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Music Monday: May 5, 2025

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Hi, everyone. Welcome to this week’s edition of Music Monday.

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Before we get to the music, I want to give a shout out to a TV anniversary incredibly close to my heart. The pilot episode of the 1970’s cop show, “Starsky & Hutch”, premiered 50 years ago on April 30, 1975. Due to its success, it was picked up for a series and the first season debuted five months later on September 10, 1975. In my post from January 2024, I wrote the following tribute to David Soul:

“A part of my childhood has officially been laid to rest with the death of David Soul on January 4, 2024. “Starsky & Hutch” were two of the coolest cops with the biggest hearts who were also too adorable for words. I would go back & forth in my head each week trying to decide who was cuter. 

But I must admit David’s #1 hit from 1977-“Don’t Give Up On Us”-gave him a slight edge. I am crushed beyond words. Rest in peace you beautiful Soul. Thank you for being one of my tween dreams. Sigh.“

L-R: Paul Michael Glaser (as Starsky) and David Soul (as Ken “Hutch” Hutchinson in the 1975 pilot episode. (Image found online.  Original source unknown.)

Bob Seger will celebrate birthday #80 tomorrow. Born Robert Clark Seger on May 6, 1945 in Detroit, Michigan, he started making music in a group in 1961. A decade later, he released his first solo album-Brand New Morning-in 1971 after releasing three records as The Bob Seger System from 1969-1970. By 1973, he added The Silver Bullet Band to accompany him and together they made some of the best music of the 1970’s & 1980’s.

I was lucky enough to see him in concert before he officially retired in November 2019. His classic rock legacy includes seven career Top Ten hits, a #1 song in August 1987 (“Shakedown” from the movie, “Beverly Hills Cop”) and ten Top Ten albums including his 1980 release which was #1 for six weeks that year.

It is the title track from that album released 45 years ago that moves me the most. I wrote about it on Day 418 during my Lockdown Countdown:

“The first time I heard this song as an adult it hit me how quickly that time went, how ill prepared I was for the roads I took and probably even for the ones I didn’t. And just like the person in today’s song, “I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then”. A lot of songs deal with teenage angst. But not too many deal with what happens two decades later. That is part of what I love about Bob Seger. And why it has taken me 418 days to feature this song. For those of you still searching for shelter, I hope you find it.”

“Guess I lost my way
There were oh-so-many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worried about paying or even how much I owed“.

Top: Bob Seger circa 1978. Middle: His #1 album from 1980. Bottom: Seger circa 2014. (Images found online.  Original sources unknown.)

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: “Night Moves” (1976, written by Bob Seger).

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: “Against The Wind” (1980, written by Bob Seger).

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: “Fire Lake” (1980, written by Bob Seger).

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: “Shame On The Moon” (1982, written by Rodney Crowell).

Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band: “Like A Rock” (1986, written by Bob Seger).

Stay safe & well.

Let’s Take A Moment Day 418

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Hi everyone.  Hope you are all well and continue to stay that way during this global health crisis we are facing.  But in addition to protecting your physical wellness, what are you doing to stay mentally healthy today?

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I know we are still facing a serious situation but a new year gives us hope for the new days, seasons, opportunities & moments ahead. Still, music is something that will never change for me. It is my refuge, the most comforting part of my life & the one thing I consistently count on. So until a more normal semblance of life returns, I am going to share a song I listen to that helps me escape the current state of things, if only for a few minutes each day. And if this helps anyone else, even better.

Another rock & roll birthday celebration is upon us. Michigan’s own Bob Seger was born on May 6, 1945. He was the Midwest’s premier voice in the 1970’s & 1980’s. His songs told tales that ranged from teenage lust, life on the road, lost youth and everything in between. Seger’s voice remains one of the best to come out of the classic rock era and his deeply personal songs still ring true.

Today’s song makes me weep from the moment I hear the opening notes, but it was not always like that. I heard it nearly every where I went when I was in high school & back then it just made me wonder how I would look back on the roads I chose to take in the years ahead of me. But then suddenly I was the person in the song, 20 years old one minute and 40 years old the next, wondering how I got from there to here.

The first time I heard this song as an adult it hit me how quickly that time went, how ill prepared I was for the roads I took and probably even for the ones I didn’t. And just like the person in today’s song, “I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then”. A lot of songs deal with teenage angst. But not too many deal with what happens two decades later. That is part of what I love about Bob Seger. And why it has taken me 418 days to feature this song. For those of you still searching for shelter, I hope you find it.

“The years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
I found myself further and further from my home and I

Guess I lost my way
There were oh-so-many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worried about paying or even how much I owe“.

Bob Seger 1975

Bob Seger circa 1975. (Image found online.  Original source unknown.)

Bob Seger: “Against The Wind” (1980, written by Bob Seger).

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Stay well.